Women's Hockey | 1/25/2012 1:51:00 PM
ROCHESTER, NY - The No. 2 ranked RIT women's hockey team raised $11,067 for the Wounded Warriors Project in conjunction with their two-game series against ECAC West rival Buffalo State on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 20-21, 2012.
RIT wore special camouflage jerseys that were
auctioned off online. The 23 jerseys fetched $8,609. Junior
Kristina Moss (Webster, NY/Buffalo Bisons) had the highest selling jersey, at $3,000. Freshman
Julie Hall (Mississauga, Ontario/Mississauga Chiefs)'s jersey sold for $350. Every jersey sold for at least $215. In addition, the Tigers sold special “Support Wounded Warriors” t-shirts.
On the ice, the Tigers earned four big points in the ECAC West race, coming away with 5-1 and 6-2 wins to improve to 16-1-1 this season. Moss was named the ECAC West Player of the Week after recording six points in the two games.
RIT Head Coach
Scott McDonald is thrilled to donate to such a worthy cause.
“We wanted to do something that really stood out in a national sense, said McDonald, who has led the Tigers to a 123-22-10 mark in six seasons at RIT. “With what happened on September 11, 2001, we wanted to support our military and how they sacrifice for our freedom. The community support was tremendous, with two good crowds, and most importantly, their generosity to help support a great cause.”
The
Wounded Warrior Project is a nonprofit organization that exists to honor and empower Wounded Warriors who incurred service-connected injures on or after September 11, 2001. Their mission is to "honor and empower wounded warriors" of the United States Armed Forces. WWP works to raise awareness and enlist the public's aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women, to help severely injured service members aid and assist each other, and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs.
The women's hockey team has developed a strong tradition of giving back to the community. Last year, the Tigers partnered with with Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority and Geneva General Cardiology Associates to raise $10,219 for Finger Lakes Health to help "
Black Out Heart Disease". In 2010, both the men's and women's teams along with Zeta Tau Alpha raised $21,248 for cancer research in their “
Make The Rink Pink” promotion. On Jan. 6, the women's hockey team presented a check for $3,825 to the Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester in conjuction with a fundraiser that the Tigers hosted at Park Point in October.
On Feb. 10-11, both the men's and women's hockey squads are once again teaming up with Zeta Tau Alpha to “
Make the Rink Pink.”
